CDP’s short interest shows a sharp rise on 2025-09-15

The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. COPT Defense Properties shares valued at $150,405 were sold by Trimberger Lisa G on Sep 17 ’25. At $30.72 per share, Trimberger Lisa G sold 4,896 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 20,287 shares worth approximately $0.57 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Trimberger Lisa G sold 3,000 shares, netting a total of over 91,560 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $30.52 each, the insider now holds 0 shares.

Before that, LISA TRIMBERGER had added 4,896 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $150,405, the Director bought COPT Defense Properties shares for $30.72 each.

As published in their initiating research note from Cantor Fitzgerald on October 01, 2025, COPT Defense Properties [CDP] has been an Overweight and the price target has been revised to $35. Analysts at Jefferies started covering the stock with ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in mid March. As of March 22, 2024, Citigroup has decreased its “Buy” rating to a “Neutral” for CDP. Earlier on February 21, 2024, Jefferies upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Buy” for CDP stock which previously was a “a Hold”.

Analyzing CDP Stock Performance

On last trading session, COPT Defense Properties [NYSE: CDP] plunged -1.09% to $28.04. The stock’s lowest price that day was $28.0, but it reached a high of $28.365 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -2.33%. Over the course of the year, COPT Defense Properties shares have dropped approximately -9.87%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $31.24 on 09/19/25 and a 52-week low of $23.92 on 04/09/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for COPT Defense Properties (CDP)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 27.90, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 27.76. In the upper region, resistance lies at 28.28. The next price resistance is at 28.53. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 30.99 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is COPT Defense Properties subject to short interest?

Stocks of COPT Defense Properties saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-09-15 jumping by 26050.0 shares to 4.67 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-08-15 was 4.65 million shares. A jump of 0.56% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 4.39 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 4.39.

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In terms of COPT Defense Properties share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 35 in the next 12 months, up nearly 23.46% from the previous closing price of $28.35. Analysts anticipate COPT Defense Properties stock to reach 35 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 35. In spite of this, 2 analysts ranked COPT Defense Properties stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On February 12, 2024, Evercore ISI assigned a price target of “an Outperform” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $28.

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